wonderblunder
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Ahh. My grow is like that I started out on a harvesting every 2 weeks, and how Im trying to get out and its taking forever. Im ready for it to be over, but I guess my plants in veg can always use more time.....
Rnd 2 - 1800w mini-SoG
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#1Raiderfan420
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Holy shit Bro.. that is a beautiful sight! How stoked are you man? did you do some fan thinning?
Oh and if you need help spelling my name for the goodie bag list let me know
notoriousb
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Holy shit Bro.. that is a beautiful sight! How stoked are you man? did you do some fan thinning?
Oh and if you need help spelling my name for the goodie bag list let me know
yea man that's a lot of bud! and this is definitely one of my favorite grows to watch
can you give us a break down of all the tecniques used through this grow? ie: fimming, topping ,supercropping etc. I forgot
Hey guys thanks a ton!
"Chronic" is actually TOP cola dominant (super good for SoG (little to zero veg time, one massive cola)). Supposedly, it doesnt respond well to a TOP/FIM to get 2 or multiple massive colas.
What I did with these ladies, so I was sure to get those lower branches up to height with the top cola was I consistently supercropped them. I was grab the main stalk and bend it in half. It would heal, get stronger, grow more, and I would super crop it again. Basically I would only supercrop anytime a plant started to outgrow another plant, that way they all maintained a consistent height. As you can see, some branches stretched more then others and some have that big massive top cola.
The plants without the SUPER big top cola, are plants that I broke in half during my "supercropping" experiments. It took me a couple plants to really get a feel where to do the bending/pinching, and in return ill sacrafice some good weight. But atleast I now know for future strains I plan on supercropping with.
anyways, I missed my snowboarding trip in mammoth so I went and got some boarding in at big bear today with a couple of good buddies. burned so many bowls and joints it was ridiculous.
anyways, I took a picture before lights on because I like these pictures.
"Chronic" is actually TOP cola dominant (super good for SoG (little to zero veg time, one massive cola)). Supposedly, it doesnt respond well to a TOP/FIM to get 2 or multiple massive colas.
What I did with these ladies, so I was sure to get those lower branches up to height with the top cola was I consistently supercropped them. I was grab the main stalk and bend it in half. It would heal, get stronger, grow more, and I would super crop it again. Basically I would only supercrop anytime a plant started to outgrow another plant, that way they all maintained a consistent height. As you can see, some branches stretched more then others and some have that big massive top cola.
The plants without the SUPER big top cola, are plants that I broke in half during my "supercropping" experiments. It took me a couple plants to really get a feel where to do the bending/pinching, and in return ill sacrafice some good weight. But atleast I now know for future strains I plan on supercropping with.
anyways, I missed my snowboarding trip in mammoth so I went and got some boarding in at big bear today with a couple of good buddies. burned so many bowls and joints it was ridiculous.
anyways, I took a picture before lights on because I like these pictures.
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#1Raiderfan420
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I am experimenting with this technique with my vegging girls now. Can you share your findings on where to bend. a couple of mine straighten back up in a few hours and others stay sideways witht he top growing back up toward the light. I am bending right above the 4th node. I am trying to figure out the trick.
wonderblunder
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I love those nice big knots that show up when you pinch....... I like goodie bags...... i have given many away, yet have never been given a single one.......
I am experimenting with this technique with my vegging girls now. Can you share your findings on where to bend. a couple of mine straighten back up in a few hours and others stay sideways witht he top growing back up toward the light. I am bending right above the 4th node. I am trying to figure out the trick.
Hey dude. I came to to find that you actually want to pinch them on the "strong" part, not the soft spot.
Usually, near the new growth, there will be a part of the stem that will be soft and bendy, then shortly below that the stem will be nice and strong. It feels as if you were to bend the strong part, it would snap, but i got the opposite effect. When I would bend the stiff branches, they would "fold&crease" like a cardboard box, rather then snap like a piece of spaghetti being bent to its max.
After that, you would notice a big fat knot like wunderblunder mentioned. It heals rather quickly and sure does wonders for the new growth.
Hope this was helpful, if not just ask again! Its 4:11 and im gonna smoke a bowl of purple bubba and pass the F out.
Goodnight!
notoriousb
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Hey dude. I came to to find that you actually want to pinch them on the "strong" part, not the soft spot.
Usually, near the new growth, there will be a part of the stem that will be soft and bendy, then shortly below that the stem will be nice and strong. It feels as if you were to bend the strong part, it would snap, but i got the opposite effect. When I would bend the stiff branches, they would "fold&crease" like a cardboard box, rather then snap like a piece of spaghetti being bent to its max.
After that, you would notice a big fat knot like wunderblunder mentioned. It heals rather quickly and sure does wonders for the new growth.
Hope this was helpful, if not just ask again! Its 4:11 and im gonna smoke a bowl of purple bubba and pass the F out.
Goodnight!
damn son. late night huh?
I wouldnt know first hand, but on GenFranco's Suppercropping thread, he mentions that the branches or whole plant that he supercrops ends up yielding more than the plants he doesnt supercrop. he explained and compared it well saying when you supercrop a plant, it's similar to building muscle for a human and then in turn yielding more.
thought that was a good little tid bit to know for everyone who wants to supercrop
damn son. late night huh?
I wouldnt know first hand, but on GenFranco's Suppercropping thread, he mentions that the branches or whole plant that he supercrops ends up yielding more than the plants he doesnt supercrop. he explained and compared it well saying when you supercrop a plant, it's similar to building muscle for a human and then in turn yielding more.
thought that was a good little tid bit to know for everyone who wants to supercrop
Good lookin out d00d.
What I DID notice is, after 12/12, once they got a little stretch, I supercropped a main stalk to get the main cola to be the same height as everything else, and well on this particular plant that I supercropped super late, the top cola isnt as big as it should be.
Dont supercrop after the flip! From my experience
BooMeR242
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hmm supercropping is when u straight cut off the top right and it grows bak? ive heard of the pinching method which im assumign doesnt shock the plant as much as a FIM would? wat would u recommend with a scrog grow then? cuz would doin a FIM defeat the purpose if ure already planning on weaving the branches thru the trellis netting? jw for my own sake lol maybe itll help others as well
djmendoza21
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Lookin good man.
Keep it up.
-Mendo
Keep it up.
-Mendo
Hey man. Supercropping is where you bend the stem in half and pinch it. Its like breaking your arm and it grows back twice as strong.
For a scrog, I would suggest keeping the lights low, a nice FIM job when the plant is still young to give it more of a bush effect, and make sure it bushes up nice and round before reaching the screen.
#1Raiderfan420
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Hey dude. I came to to find that you actually want to pinch them on the "strong" part, not the soft spot.
Usually, near the new growth, there will be a part of the stem that will be soft and bendy, then shortly below that the stem will be nice and strong. It feels as if you were to bend the strong part, it would snap, but i got the opposite effect. When I would bend the stiff branches, they would "fold&crease" like a cardboard box, rather then snap like a piece of spaghetti being bent to its max.
After that, you would notice a big fat knot like wunderblunder mentioned. It heals rather quickly and sure does wonders for the new growth.
Hope this was helpful, if not just ask again! Its 4:11 and im gonna smoke a bowl of purple bubba and pass the F out.
Goodnight!
Thanks for the explanation. I have been bending mine down a little farther on the stem than it sounds like you are. Next time I will move up alittle toward the top. It's crazy how some will pop right back up even after that "cardboard like bend". I had to tie a couple to keep them over and some stayed over on there own. I am planning on doing this multiple times over the next 4-5 weeks. How many times did you pinch and bend yours?
I did mine just randomly at bordem. lol. Whenever I saw one getting to tall compared to the others I broke that bitch.
waiting until a plant gets tall enough to tie down ACROSS the TOP of the planter is a good way to ensure all the side branching is the same height.
Its pretty much guess & check. Once something gets to tall, tie or break it back down...it'll catch up.
Heres some pictures from tonight. Today is day 55, I'm gonna try to let them all go another 11 days, except for the one pictured, im gonna take down in about 5.
EDIT: Its not letting me upload photos.
waiting until a plant gets tall enough to tie down ACROSS the TOP of the planter is a good way to ensure all the side branching is the same height.
Its pretty much guess & check. Once something gets to tall, tie or break it back down...it'll catch up.
Heres some pictures from tonight. Today is day 55, I'm gonna try to let them all go another 11 days, except for the one pictured, im gonna take down in about 5.
EDIT: Its not letting me upload photos.
#1Raiderfan420
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I did mine just randomly at bordem. lol. Whenever I saw one getting to tall compared to the others I broke that bitch.
waiting until a plant gets tall enough to tie down ACROSS the TOP of the planter is a good way to ensure all the side branching is the same height.
Its pretty much guess & check. Once something gets to tall, tie or break it back down...it'll catch up.
Heres some pictures from tonight. Today is day 55, I'm gonna try to let them all go another 11 days, except for the one pictured, im gonna take down in about 5.
EDIT: Its not letting me upload photos.
I hear ya, I do the same thing..when a couple are looking taller than the rest I break them down.
Those buds look fat and dank! Very Nice
Ok, soo wtf?? Today I was inspecting my plants, doing a little pre-harvest trimming...
I came across a nug that felt dry, just a part of one big nug. So I snapped it off to inspect, I didnt notice anything wrong except for the fact that it seemed to be very dry for still being on the plant.
anyways, I checked it out further and nothing seems to be wrong. There is no rot, but where the stem "snapped" off (not bent, mind you) there is a dot of brown on what looks like the inside of the stem. Just the open wound....
So.. I shredded it up a little and put it in my bong to see if it was as dry as I was imagining...
Sure enough, that fucker lit right up and snapped through. I took the snap right before I started writing this and well lets just say im fucked up!
I came across a nug that felt dry, just a part of one big nug. So I snapped it off to inspect, I didnt notice anything wrong except for the fact that it seemed to be very dry for still being on the plant.
anyways, I checked it out further and nothing seems to be wrong. There is no rot, but where the stem "snapped" off (not bent, mind you) there is a dot of brown on what looks like the inside of the stem. Just the open wound....
So.. I shredded it up a little and put it in my bong to see if it was as dry as I was imagining...
Sure enough, that fucker lit right up and snapped through. I took the snap right before I started writing this and well lets just say im fucked up!
notoriousb
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hate to tell ya B but that sounds just like a caterpillar found his way inside and started munching. the bud gets discolored, super dry and flakey when they work their way in. I know it sounds unlikely that a caterpillar would make its way inside, but I've had one completely take a branch and eat about 3 inches down the branch from an indoor mother. just check all your buds closely and see if you can get him before he wrecks more havok and takes some nice colas with him
